Kevin Dowd is Professor of Financial Risk Management at the University of Nottingham Business School and adjunct scholar at the CATO Institute in Washington.

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 The theory of financial laissez-faire; Chapter 2 The case for financial laissez-faire; Chapter 3 Bank capital adequacy versus deposit insurance; Chapter 4 Does asymmetric information justify bank capital adequacy regulation?; Chapter 5 Competitive banking, bankers’ clubs, and bank regulation; Chapter 6 The invisible hand and the evolution of the monetary system; Chapter 7 Are free markets the cause of financial instability?; Part 2 The monetary regime; Chapter 8 A proposal to end inflation; Chapter 9 Reply to Hillier; Chapter 10 Using futures prices to control inflation; Chapter 11 The ‘compensated dollar’ revisited; Chapter 12 Money and the market; Part 3 Policy issues; Chapter 13 Two arguments for the restriction of international capital flows, K. Alec Chrystal; Chapter 14 Monetary policy in the twenty-first century; Chapter 15 Reflections on the future of gold; Chapter 16 Too big to fail? Long-Term Capital Management and the Federal Reserve; Chapter 17 Paternalism fails again, Jimmy M. Hinchliffe;

Kevin Dowd is Professor of Financial Risk Management at the University of Nottingham Business School and adjunct scholar at the CATO Institute in Washington.

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 The theory of financial laissez-faire; Chapter 2 The case for financial laissez-faire; Chapter 3 Bank capital adequacy versus deposit insurance; Chapter 4 Does asymmetric information justify bank capital adequacy regulation?; Chapter 5 Competitive banking, bankers’ clubs, and bank regulation; Chapter 6 The invisible hand and the evolution of the monetary system; Chapter 7 Are free markets the cause of financial instability?; Part 2 The monetary regime; Chapter 8 A proposal to end inflation; Chapter 9 Reply to Hillier; Chapter 10 Using futures prices to control inflation; Chapter 11 The ‘compensated dollar’ revisited; Chapter 12 Money and the market; Part 3 Policy issues; Chapter 13 Two arguments for the restriction of international capital flows, K. Alec Chrystal; Chapter 14 Monetary policy in the twenty-first century; Chapter 15 Reflections on the future of gold; Chapter 16 Too big to fail? Long-Term Capital Management and the Federal Reserve; Chapter 17 Paternalism fails again, Jimmy M. Hinchliffe;

Kevin Dowd is Professor of Financial Risk Management at the University of Nottingham Business School and adjunct scholar at the CATO Institute in Washington.

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 The theory of financial laissez-faire; Chapter 2 The case for financial laissez-faire; Chapter 3 Bank capital adequacy versus deposit insurance; Chapter 4 Does asymmetric information justify bank capital adequacy regulation?; Chapter 5 Competitive banking, bankers’ clubs, and bank regulation; Chapter 6 The invisible hand and the evolution of the monetary system; Chapter 7 Are free markets the cause of financial instability?; Part 2 The monetary regime; Chapter 8 A proposal to end inflation; Chapter 9 Reply to Hillier; Chapter 10 Using futures prices to control inflation; Chapter 11 The ‘compensated dollar’ revisited; Chapter 12 Money and the market; Part 3 Policy issues; Chapter 13 Two arguments for the restriction of international capital flows, K. Alec Chrystal; Chapter 14 Monetary policy in the twenty-first century; Chapter 15 Reflections on the future of gold; Chapter 16 Too big to fail? Long-Term Capital Management and the Federal Reserve; Chapter 17 Paternalism fails again, Jimmy M. Hinchliffe;